Don't expect everyone to like you

You can’t please everyone in life. You can’t make everyone like you. Even Jesus, Gautama Buddha and Prophet Muhammad had enemies! People will say bad things about you or take advantage of you. Accept that as a fact of life. But don’t mistaken these people for evil. No one was born to be evil (三字经 say one!) Why then people would do bad things to you? It’s because of the choice they had made. For the same reason, it also means people may have chance to become good, eventually. Have faith in people, but don’t expect everyone to like you.

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The goddam disclaimer: This is one of my advice I intend to share with my children when they are old enough to understand. You may or may not agree with what I say but I don’t care, because I am not your father. If you find the advice useful and you would like to share it with your child(ren), feel free to. But if you intend to publish it else where, eg your blog or your social network, be nice to cite the original source. Want to see more? Here's everything!